"We were heading to my parents' to pick up our two sons. A car came up to a stop sign and we were coming down the road and he pulled out in front of us .. .we T-boned him," she described.

At the time of the crash, Tatum wasn't wearing a seat belt and was resting her foot up against the dashboard.

"When the airbag exploded, it pushed my foot up into my face," she said.

Her nose, ankle, femur and shoulder were all broken by the force.

At the hospital, doctors told Tatum that had she had both feet firmly planted on the floor, she "wouldn't have had any issues whatsoever."

Two years later, Tatum is still in recovery.

"It took my career from me. It took so much from me in life," she said.

Now, she wants others to make sure they don't make the same mistake she did.

"I regret it every single day. Every hour of every day because every time I put pressure on my leg I feel it ... Do not sit like that. If you sit like that, you're asking for it," Tatum told NewsChannel 9.